Bottle holder for nursing bottle



April 12, 1960 DE WITT E. NEIBEL ET 2,932,476

BOTTLE HOLDER FOR NURSING BOTTLE Filed Feb. 24, 1958 2 Sheets-Sheet 1FIGURE 4.

INVENTORS FIGURE 3- DEWITT E.NEIBEL gnu/w R. CARTER Mair-w, A fToRNEYApril 12, 1960 DE WITT E. NEIBEL ET AL 2,932,476

BOTTLE HOLDER FOR NURSING BOTTLE Filed Feb. 24, 1958 2 Sheets-Sheet 2III- FIGURE 6.

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N S DEWITT E. NEIBEL ggILLIAM R.CARTER A TQRNEY I VEN TOR 2 ,932,476BOTTLE HOLDER non NURSING'BO'ITLE De Witt E. Neibel, Kansas ,City, Mo,and "WilliamR.

Carter, Prairie Village, Kans. Application'l ebrnary 24,1958, Serial No.716.999 4 Claims. :(Cl.24 8-'- 1'06) would setthe'screws or'clampstootightly, and a" wrench or pair of pliers wouldoften bei'equire'd,torleasiethe frictional hold for resetting ofthe"bottle holder.

An object 'of the present improved inventionis to provide a means havingapositive key'holden for'a selected degree of tilt of-a bottle grippingmember of a bottle holder, the advantage being that the location of thenipple of a supply of milkre'mains in the same position.

Another'object of the present improved invention is to provide a pair.of positive key holders with dual'controls for a selected degree oftilt of a bottle gripping member of a bottle holder, each key holderbeing independently releasable, and both key holders requiringsimultaneous release to change the degree of tilt of the bottle grippingmember. The dual controls are located on opposite sides of the bottlegripping member and are an added safety feature to prevent change of thedegree of tilt of the bottle holder should a false or accidentalmovement be made against one control.

Another object of the present improved invention is to provide apositive key holder between the supporting yoke upright adjustable shankof the bottle holder and the base thereof to hold the bottle grippingmember in a selected degree of position against horizontal rotation,thus retaining the same selected position of the nipple of the bottleand bottle gripping member relative to the position of the base thereof.

With these objects in view the invention will be more fully understoodfrom the accompanying drawings, this specification and the scope of theappended claims.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a plan view of the improved bottle holder.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of a portion of the yoke and thecompanion ear, illustrating the keyway in the companion ear, and thelatch recesses spaced in both sides of the yoke adapted to match theends of the keyway.

Figure 3 is a view of a longitudinal elevation of the improved bottleholder.

Figure 4 is a perspective view illustrating one of a pair of keys with arespective lug for attachment to one of a pair of leaf springs.

Figure 5 is a view of an end elevation of the improved bottle holder,illustrating the bottle gripping mem- 'ice berlocated in a horizontalposition. A portion of the yoke and companion ear are broken away toshow the interior with the pair of keys latched in a pair of recesseslocated for the horizontal. position. Portions of the base are brokenaway to save illustrative space.

Figure '6 is a view'of a side elevation of Figure 5 with thebaseremoved, and the end portions of the bottle gripping member are brokenaway.

Figure 7 is a plan View of the divided washer for retaining theadjustable annular grooved nut.

.Figure 8 is a view of the bottom of the screw for the yoke illustratingthe key, screw keeper and annular grooved nut.

Figure9 is a plan view of the central portion of the base illustratingthe hole for the screw of .the yoke. The'keyway and recess for thedivided washer is illustrated in Figure 7.

Thebottle -12 is a conventional type used for feeding a baby and is heldby the bottle gripping member 13. The bottle gripping memer 13 is madeof a spring sheet metal formed in a U section slightly smaller than thebottle as illustrated in Figure 5, and is elongated to the major portionof the length of the bottle 12 as illustrated in Figure 3.

An car 14 is located along and securedby welding to the longitudinalbottom of the bottle gripping member 13 and is provided with atransverse hole 15 located near "the midlength of the bottle grippingmember 13. The car '14 is pivoted to .the yoke 16 by pin 17 and islocated between .the opposed faces 18.

' The yoke 16 isformed on the upper end of the screw threaded shank 19.The screw threaded shank 19 has anut. 20 located thereon and hassufiicient length to normally match the depth of the upright hole 21located in the horizontal base 22 when the major depth of the nut 20 islocated above the upper surface of the base 22.

.A-key 23 is secured in the lower portion of/the-screw threaded shank 19preferably by the keyway 24 and screw 25. The key'23 projects from oneside of the screw threaded shank 19 sufficiently to enter the uprightkeyway 26. The upright keyway 26 is. formed in the base 22 and opensinto the full length of the upright hole 21.

The nut 20 has an annular groove 27, formed in the outside surfacethereof, adapted to engage the inner edge 28 of the divided washer 29.The divided washer 29 is secured in the recess 30 of the base 22 byscrews 31 and retains the fixed elevation of the rotatable nut 29relative to the top of the base 22.

The lower portion 32, of nut 29, below the annular groove 27, isrevolvable in recess 33, and is a stop for the upward movement of key23.

A keyway 34, is transversely located in the top of the car 14 adapted toregister with a plurality of recesses 35 located in opposed faces of theyoke 16. A pair of keys 36 slidable in opposite end portions of thekeyway 34 are adapted to engage a selected pair of recesses 35. The keys36 are normally held engaged in a selected pair of recesses 35 by meansof a pair of spring steel leaves 37 as illustrated in Figure 5. One endof each spring steel leaf 37 is secured to a respective key 36 by meansof a lug 38 and rivets 39. The opposite ends 40 of the spring steelleaves 37 are secured to the upper portions 41 of the bottle grippingmember 13. Each spring steel leaf 37 has a button 42 thereon.

The recesses 35 are selectively located at spaced intervals torelatively locate the approximate degree of desired slope of the bottlegripping member 13.

In the operation a bottle 12 for a baby is manually pressed in thebottle gripping member 13. The buttons 42 located on opposite sides ofthe bottle gripping member 13 are manually and simultaneously pressed torelease the pair of keys 36 by means of the spring steel leaves 37 andas illustrated in dash lines in Figure 5. The bottle gripping member ismanuallytilted to, a

selected degree relative to a pair of recesses 35 and the.

pressure is released from the buttons 42 to automatically engage thekeys 36 with the selected recesses 35.

The nipple 43 on the bottle 12 is manually located to slope downward bythe slope of the gripping member 13. The elevation of the nipple ismanually adjusted with the nut 20 turned on screw shank 19. The nippleis prevented from relative rotation with the base 22 by key 23vertically slidable inupright keyway 26.

The flat side 44 of the base 22 is used for stabilizing the bottle 12when manually adjusted uprightly for filling with milk or when not usedfor feeding a baby.

What we claim, as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: j

1. A bottle holder adapted for a baby; the bottle holder comprising: abottle gripping member, an ear, said ear being on said bottle grippingmember and projected downwardly therefrom, a yoke, said ear beingpivoted in said yoke, a key member, said ear having a keyway locatedtransversely in the top portion thereof, said yoke having a plurality ofspaced key recesses located in one opposed face thereof and adapted toselectively register with the keyway in the'top portion of said ear, aleaf spring, said leaf spring having one end thereof secured to one sideof the bottle gripping member, said leaf spring having the opposite endthereof secured to said key member, said leaf spring being spaced fromthe bottle gripping member between the secured ends thereof, said keybeing slidably mounted in the transverse keyway of .said ear andnormally engaging a selected key recess located in one opposed face ofsaid yoke to positively position the degree of tilt of said bottlegripping member, said leaf spring adapted to release the key member fromthe selected key recess of the opposed face of the yoke when manualpressure is applied to said leaf spring, a base, and said yoke beingsecured to the upper portion of said base.

2. A bottle holder as described in claim 1, said base having one flatside, said yoke being located transversely insane to the one flat sideof said base, said yoke having a shank adapted to be relativelyadjustable in height from said base, and said yoke shank being securedagainst horizontal turning relative to the position of said base.

3. A bottle holder adapted for a baby; the bottle holder comprising: abottle gripping member, an ear, said car being on said bottle grippingmember and projected downwardly therefrom, a yoke, said car beingpivoted in said yoke,'a pair of key members, said ear having a keywaylocated transversely in the top portion thereof, said yoke having aplurality of spaced key recesses located in opposed faces thereof andadapted to selectively register with the keyway in the top portion ofsaid car, a pair of leaf springs, said pair of leaf springshaving oneend of each thereof secured to respective sides of the bottle grippingmember, said leaf springs having the opposite ends thereof secured torespective key members, said leaf springs being spaced from the bottlegripping member between the secured ends thereof, said pair of keymembers being slidably mounted in the transverse keyway of said ear andnormally engaging selected opposed key recesses located in opposed facesof said yoke to positively position the degree of tilt of said bottlegripping member, said leaf springs adapted to release'the pair of keymembers from the selected key. recesses of the opposed faces of the yokewhen manual pressure. is applied to both of said leaf springs, '21 base,and said yoke being secured to the upper portion of said base. a

4; A- bottle holder'as described in claim 1, said base having one flatiside, said yoke being located transversely to the one flat side of saidbase, said yoke having a shank adapted to be relatively adjustable inheight from said base, and said yoke shank being secured againsthorizontal turning relative to the position of said base.

' References Citedin the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTSPettit July 3, 1951

